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How long are you sitting?

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by kingsson, Dec 14, 2008.

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  1. Dec 14, 2008 #1
    kingsson

    kingsson Heavy Load Member

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    We all know freight is down. Same all over. Always true in winter, but seems especially bad this year with the economic downturn. How long have some of YOU been sitting waiting for freight? I get to be home every week, and had to run home empty all the way from Mentor, OH (near Cleveland) this weekend.
     
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  3. Dec 14, 2008 #2
    IrunU

    IrunU Medium Load Member

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    Wow a long DH. Freight is slow I go back out tomorrow I have sat as long as a week and a half
     
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  4. Dec 14, 2008 #3
    Waterloo

    Waterloo Medium Load Member

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    I have sat at home for up to 2 weeks. Nothing worth moving, and I know when I get to the other end, I will eventually wind up dh'ing home. Took a load down to the Carolinas out of Detroit, spent a week slowly creeping back towards Michigan while looking for freight. Before I knew, 5 days later, I was home with an empty trailer. Said screw it, signed up with Schneider as they have freight. No more sitting.
     
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  5. Dec 14, 2008 #4
    heyns57

    heyns57 Road Train Member

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    During the recession of 1974-75, my lease on auto parts hauling was canceled. I went to a reefer company and experienced sitting for two or three days in truck stops. It is very depressing as the cost of meals and motel rooms adds up, but the thought of paying for fuel to deadhead is also depressing.
     
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  7. Dec 14, 2008 #5
    kingsson

    kingsson Heavy Load Member

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    Sadly, Schneider is apparently not hiring in Nebraska. I do get to be home every week, as I said... but there is a down side to our operation. We run to the northeast and back every week. (Last week I actually delivered near York, PA. Went to Mentor and the load had been cancelled.) If there is not a good chance of a backhaul from the northeast (and we do have a regular set of customers we do backhaul for to the Denver area), we don't take a load out. That means we don't get a paycheck AT ALL for that week. That happened over Thanksgiving week... the first time in three holiday seasons with this company that I had to sit home unvoluntarily.
     
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  8. Dec 14, 2008 #6
    slingblade07

    slingblade07 Light Load Member

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    Knock on wood, my last 2 wks out I didnt sit more than 3hrs waiting on a trip, last 3 wks have been between 2200 and 2500 miles. Hope they keep me going good. Now a few weeks ago when I was out, I did get a layover up in MD.
     
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  9. Dec 14, 2008 #7
    Bucktrucker

    Bucktrucker Medium Load Member

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    Lucky i run out and back the company i haul for pays us very well to go out and come back empty on an ocassion i will get backhaul but not very often. So no more than the time it takes to unload im on my way back for another. Were doing about 2250 to 2800 just depends on the week or were your first load of the week takes you . Never work the weekends
     
    Bucktrucker, Dec 14, 2008
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  10. Dec 14, 2008 #8
    countrycruisers

    countrycruisers Light Load Member

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    Freight is the slowest I've ever seen it. Usualy this time of year is kicken. I mean big time non stop till after christmas. Then is slowes till about march. This feels like a normal Feb. does. I just got one more thing to say. Stay out of the truck stops, eat out of your truck, and SAVE UP!............Peace
     
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  11. Dec 14, 2008 #9
    cat 500

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    My husband has been sitting in a truckstop since Friday. So far this is the longest he has sat. It is very depressing and VERY SCARY!
     
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  12. Dec 14, 2008 #10
    112racing

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    i sat home all week gotta make someting happen this week
     
    112racing, Dec 14, 2008
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